The Big Garden

Community Gardening opportunity for Healthy Congregations Churches

The United Methodist Health Ministry Fund has partnered with United Methodist Ministries in Omaha, NE to expand UMM's Big Garden community gardening program into Kansas. The Big Garden is a collaborative community food initiative which partners with schools, nonprofits, and churches to facilitate community building and increased access to healthy foods through the act of gardening.

The Big Garden has received funding from UMHMF to start or expand community gardens with churches that are members of the Healthy Congregations initiative. Gardens will be built during the spring of next year and will be ready to grow by summer!

Congregations interested in developing a Big Garden site in their communities are invited to view the webinar recording (below) for more information and a brief Q&A session. If your church is not currently participating in the Healthy Congregations initiative, we encourage you to consider forming a team and signing up.

If your church is interested in applying, please view the below webinar and/or slides and contact Matt Freeman mfreeman@bigmuddyumc.org directly for the application and instructions.